9 Responses to “Society Has Gotten Too Fast.”

Michael I can’t agree enough. My wife and I used to have great talks in the car. Now while one drives, the other has iPhone clutched in hands furiously checking all newsfeeds before a child starts screaming for a bottle (5 month old) or a cheeseburger (4 year old).

I’ve read your blog for awhile and so appreciate your wit, candor, and insight. Again, you’ve hit it on the head! Too much, all the time, makes us unhappy, unhealthy — and tho you’d think it’d be the opposite — disconnected people.

I know, I feel like I am always doing something, If I am not working I am reading blogs that I don’t enjoy reading and the author doesn’t enjoy writing.Li (Laughing inside) I think you have inspired me too take a vacation all summer long! (is that a bit much?)

Hello Mr. Smith,
My name is Magan and I am an EDM 310 student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. This is the last blog post I have to read and post for the semester. After reading your post I never t realized this was really happening. I graduated form high school three years ago and I feel like life is moving to fast. The question was why? Now that I think back technology has played a huge roll. I am constantly checking my phone to see if I received a text or status update. I can watch television all day long and not realize time has gone so quickly. Thank you for bringing me to the light.

That is why I love camping with my hubby. We have no phone service (not even cell phone), no electricity which means no computers or TV. We sit around a campfire in the evening and we talk! It is wonderful. I also can catch up on some reading early in the morning before he wakes up. Sometimes we just need to unplug.

Your comments about the negative impact of technology are truthful. For each convenience that technology offers, it will be imperative to model and teach the balance required in order to maintain a well-rounded life. Technology “de-toxicing” will need to be a priority to ensure that there is authenticity of thinking, relationships, and health. Unfortunately, I think there won’t be significant limitations until more drastic tragedies emerge in the field of medicine that link excessive use of technology with illness. At the astronomical rate of technological advancment, there must be a climax soon. This is yet another task for parents to model for their children.

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